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A bought strangle is made up of a bought call option and a bought put option. Combine these two trades together and if there is a different exercise price you have a strangle. A bought strangle pay-off is demonstrated below.
Bought Call |
Bought Put |
Bought Strangle
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There is a time and a place for bought straddles and strangles. Ideal market conditions are when volatility is low and expected to increase. The bought strangle is a non-directional trade with the share price able to move upwards or downwards to profit in this strategy.
The idea with bought strangles is to identify a large share price move. This share price move can be either an increase or decrease in share price. To identify these moves you can look at technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Technical analysis tried to identify a break out pattern, while the fundamental analysis indentifies a particular announcement that may cause a large move in share price.
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Maximum Profit
Profit is attained when the share price increases or decreases substantially past the break even points. The maximum profit of a strangle is unlimited.
Maximum Loss
The maximum loss is possible if the share price is between the strike prices of the bought call and put option at expiry. This means both the call and the put would expire worthless and the maximum loss would occur. The probability of the maximum loss depends the distance between the strike price of the call option and put option. The closer the exercise prices are the less likely there will be a maximum loss as one of the options should be in-the-money and have intrinsic value. If the exercise prices are further apart time decay will be a major factor and maximum loss is possible.
The maximum loss for a bought strangle or straddle is limited to the net debit paid. The net debit paid is the premium paid for the call options and the premium paid for the put option. Therefore it is possible to lose your initial investment but no more.
Break Even
There are 2 break even points to a straddle. One breakeven point if the underlying asset goes up this is called the upper breakeven point. The other breakeven point if the underlying asset goes down which is the lower breakeven point.
Upper Breakeven Point: Strike Price + Net Debit Paid
Lower Breakeven Point: Strike Price – Net Debit Paid
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The bought strangle, is a volatile option trading strategy that profits when the stock goes up or down strongly. The Strangle is a similar to the bought straddle. The strangle is in essence a technique used to place a straddle at a cheaper price. The strangle requires a lower debit amount to put on and works exactly like a straddle. One should use a strangle when one is confident of a move in the underlying asset but is uncertain as to which direction it may be. These uncertain moves can be identified through both fundamental and technical analysis.
Establishing a strangle simply involves the simultaneous purchase of an out-of-the-money call option and an out-of-the-money put option on the underlying asset. An out-of-the-money call option allows you unlimited profit to upside when the stock moves higher than the strike price with limited loss to down side. An out-of-the-money put option allows you unlimited profit to downside when the underlying stock moves lower than the strike price with limited loss to upside. Combine them both and you will have a strangle which profits when the underlying stock moves up or down beyond the strike price of the respective options. As the out-of-the-money options in a strangle is cheaper than the at-the-money options in a straddle, a strangle is sometimes described as a “cheap straddle”.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 admin No Comments
The e-book will have detailed information about the bought strangle strategy. This is because this is the most common strategy and the strategy that I find most profitable. The bought straddle is very similar and references to the strategy will be made throughout the e-book. The sold straddle and strangle are great strategies but have much higher risks, therefore is you would like more information please contact me directly.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 admin No Comments
If you are a straddle seller you have a greater maximum reward (credit for selling the options) but also a larger risk of losing all the reward and more if the stock moves too far from the strike price. If you are a strangle seller, you have a lower maximum reward (less time premium sold) but also a lower risk that the stock will move outside of the strangle strike window to lower the reward or even go to a deficit. The sold strangle has a lower potential profit than the sold straddle, however it offers greater protection since the share price must move further to result in a loss.
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The sold strangle is the converse of the long strangle. The call and put options are sold instead of bought. The investor loses if the underlying security increases or decreases enough; but if the stock price remains stable then the options expire and the investor gets to keep the premiums.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 admin No Comments
A sold straddle is a non-directional options trading strategy that involves simultaneously selling a put option and a call option of the same underlying security, strike price and expiration date. The profit is limited to the premiums of the put option and call option, but it is risky if the underlying security’s price goes up or down much. The deal breaks even if the intrinsic value of the put or the call equals the sum of the premiums of the put and call. This strategy is called “non-directional” because the short straddle profits when the underlying security changes little in price before the expiration of the straddle. The short straddle can also be classified as a credit spread because the sale of the short straddle results in a credit of the premiums of the put and call.
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